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Brazilian residents look at buildings damaged after a landslide in Teresopolis. Rain began falling again Friday in mountain towns where mudslides and flooding killed at least 479 people, hindering rescuers' efforts to reach survivors even as relatives hauled the dead down the hills to freshly dug graves.

While searching the skies for black holes using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a giant supernova that was smothered in its own dust. In this artist's rendering, an outer shell of gas and dust -- which erupted from the star hundreds of years ago -- obscures the supernova within. This event in a distant galaxy hints at one possible future for the brightest star system in our own Milky Way.

Narelle Cole gently wipes the fetid silt from a 21-year-old photo of her daughter Kerrie, which she salvaged from the ruins of her inundated home in Ipswich, Australia. As the floodwaters drained from the cities and towns, revealing the full scope of the devastation wrought when the Brisbane River burst its banks, search teams recovered the body of a 16th victim.

People gather during a rally in Rawalpindi to protest attempts to modify Pakistan's blasphemy law that was held near the house of Mumtaz Qadri, who said he carried out the assassination of a liberal Pakistani governor.

Indian Hindu pilgrims are reflected in the waters as they head to the Gangasagar during the hold Hindu day of Makar Sankranti. A large number of Hindu pilgrims converged for the Gangasagar Mela, which culminates Friday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar.

The Ukrainian flag flies during a rally organized by nationalist parties in front of President Viktor Yanukovych's office in Kiev. Protesters demanded a stop to what they say is political repression against the opposition started since Yanukovych's presidency.

An artist perform the traditional Indian art form of dance Ottamthullal during the annual temple festival in the southern Indian city of Koch. The art form was created during the 18th century by Malayalam poet Kalakkaththu Kunchan Nambiar.

Pictures in the News | Jan. 14, 2011

Friday’s Pictures in the News begins in Brazil, where the death toll from a landslide area in Teresopolis has climbed to 479. We have an aerial view from the highest place on Earth, Mt. Everest, where the government wants to double the number of foreign visitors who come to Nepal every year to 1 million in 2011. In Australia, a victim of the recent flooding wipes the silt from a 21-year-old photo of her daughter, which she salvaged from the ruins of her inundated home in Ipswich; a southern pochard duck stands on the head of a hippo at the zoo in Berlin; and Indian Hindu pilgrims are reflected in the waters as they take a dip in the Gangasagar. Enjoy